Gurgaon: An operator from the Common Services Centre (CSC) and his associate were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly obtaining a death benefit amount of Rs 2.2 lakh by fraudulently furnishing a forged death certificate of a job card holder under MGNREGA.
The two accused colluded with officials from the labour department, and an investigation is underway to identify them, police said, adding that the duo had forged three more death certificates but were not able to obtain their benefits.
In 2022, CSC operator Jabir and his associate Arbaz Khan contacted Hanif (50), a labourer with
MGNREGA job card
who lives in Dalawas village near Punhana. They promised to enroll Hanif as a beneficiary for the state govt’s
Kanyadan Yojana
. Under this scheme, a registered worker receives an amount of Rs 51,000 three days before the marriage of a daughter, and the amount is given till the marriage of three girls.
“Arbaz collected my PAN, Aadhar, Job Card details, and my wife Chandni’s Aadhar card in January 2020 on the pretext of enrolling me under govt schemes and helping me with the benefits. In 2022, he took me to Jabir in Nuh and collected my fingerprints promising to enroll me in the Kanyadan scheme. Some job card holders in my village received the amount from the scheme, but I did not. When I contacted Arbaz, he said my application was rejected,” said Hanif.
“Last year in Aug,
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